Friedensreich Hundertwasser

(Austrian, 1928–2000)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and designer whose passion for spirals and arabesque lines was largely inspired by Viennese Secessionists like Gustav Klimt. “Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines,” he critiqued of the man-made world. “If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting.” Born Friedensreich Stowasser on December 15, 1928 in Vienna, Austria, he and his mother barely avoided persecution from the Nazi regime during World War II. After the war, the artist briefly enrolled in the Vienna Academy of Art before dropping out to travel extensively throughout Europe and Asia. As a designer in the 1950s, he undertook several large-scale architectural projects, including his famed Hundertwasserhaus. In the early 1970s, Hundertwasser purchased a number of properties in New Zealand where he would live out the remainder of his career. An outspoken activist against nuclear technology and pollution, the artist continued his involvement through the following decades. Hundertwasser passed away on February 19, 2000 while aboard the Queen Elizabeth II on its voyage from New Zealand to Europe. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.

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Ville vue d’au-delà du soleil, 1955
Sold price: 618,794 USD

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: May 12, 2012

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

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Hommage à Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972

Sale Date: May 24, 2012

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Regen auf Regentag, pl.5 (from Look at it on , 1971

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Regen auf Regentag, pl.5 (from Look at it on , 1971

Sale Date: May 24, 2012

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Il rotolante, 1988

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Il rotolante, 1988

Sale Date: May 10, 2012

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

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Olympische Spiele München, 1972

Sale Date: April 29, 2012

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Relations of a Spider (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1971

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Relations of a Spider (from Nana Hyaku Mizu), 1971

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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Good Morning-Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

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Good Morning-Bleeding Town, 1970–1971

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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Little Palace of Illness (from Nana Hyaku..., 1970

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Little Palace of Illness (from Nana Hyaku..., 1970

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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Good Morning City (Initial Edition), 1969–1970

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Good Morning City (Initial Edition), 1969–1970

Sale Date: May 1, 2012

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (set of 7), 1966–1972

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Nana Hyaku Mizu (set of 7), 1966–1972

Sale Date: April 26, 2012

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10002 nights Homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

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10002 nights Homo humus come va how do you do, 1984

Sale Date: May 5, 2012

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen (from Look at , 1971–1972

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Regentag auf Liebe Wellen (from Look at , 1971–1972

Sale Date: May 5, 2012

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

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Ein Regentag mit Walter Kampmann, 1969

Sale Date: April 26, 2012

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Abschied aus Africa, 1967

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Abschied aus Africa, 1967

Sale Date: April 26, 2012

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Flucht ins All pl.4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

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Flucht ins All pl.4 (from Look at it on a..., 1971

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Irinaland über dem Balkan pl.7 (from Look at , 1971

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Irinaland über dem Balkan pl.7 (from Look at , 1971

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of 10), 1971

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Look at it on a rainy day (portfolio of 10), 1971

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Testament in Gelb, 1970

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Testament in Gelb, 1970

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Good morning city, 1969

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Good morning city, 1969

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

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Sad not so sad is rainshine from rainday on..., 1968

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Kingdom of the Toro, 1968

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Kingdom of the Toro, 1968

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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The expulsion, 1967

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The expulsion, 1967

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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The occidental, 1977

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The occidental, 1977

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1977

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Window out of the pond - window into the pond, 1977

Sale Date: April 28, 2012

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